---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey."
description: "Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3594"
citation: "New Jersey S 3594 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quijano, Annette", "Singer, Robert W.", "Singleton, Troy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a065df9-6a41-4eae-ae6b-3fa0b4bc8ac5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5b7fb92edac00f410e455c7ebbb8cb3ca3e4c4693037fc20bf0d464b086d6944"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey S 3594 (218) — Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S4000/3594_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Connors, Christopher J. — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5819
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.286. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a065df9-6a41-4eae-ae6b-3fa0b4bc8ac5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).